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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1885

418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 21

Morpeth Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 5

A day's racing will be held at Morpeth on Monday, and special trains will be laid on to convey intending visitors…

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Wallsend Athletic Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 3

The twelfth annual gathering of the above popular club will commence on the club's ground, Wallsend, to-day (Saturday), and will be continued on Monday. The meeting in question promises…

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The Wallsend Athletic Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 5

The ball will be set rolling to-day, when the Wallsend Athletic Club will commence a series of grand athletic sports in the local Recreation Reserve. The committee have been…

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Balmain Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1885 · page 5

At the Balmain annual regatta in the senior scullers' race, Thompson defeated Brett, Middleton, and Sbarland. H. Pearce won the Champion Race, and C…

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Rklmont Regatta and Carters' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1885 · page 5

Our reports of the above are unavoidably held over…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1885 · page 5

On Saturday the Carltons beat the Alberts by one innings…

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Belmont Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1885 · page 4

The great carnival of the season for this district is the annual regatta, held on the natal day of the heir apparent to the British Throne, at Belmont, the picturesque hamlet,…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Victorian Cricketers' Association has rescinded the resolution disqualifying the members of the late Australian Eleven, and it was decided…

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Boxing Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 3

There has been a boxing match at Esendon, near Melbourne, between Nathan and Hall, of Sydney. The letter had the best of it. They fought till the eighth…

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Latest Sporting News. CRICKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 4

The following will represent the Newcastle C.C. second eleven against the Clerical C.C. on Saturday, City Ground, 2.30 p.m.: —Rysmith, Rodger, Sneesby, Taylor,…

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Latest Sporting News. CRICKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1885 · page 3

The Ironclads and Morpeth Cricket Clubs met on the former team's ground, on Saturday, to try conclusions for the Wood Cup. There was a largo assemblage present, and…

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Boxing Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1885 · page 3

It will be seen from our advertising columns that the boxing match, which has been on the tapis tor some time past between Charley Dunn, the well-known…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1885 · page 2

THE committee in connection with the Newcastle annual regatta, to be held on New Year's Day, met at Sidney's Terminus Hotel last evening to prepare the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1885 · page 3

Martin M'Caffery, the well-known wrestier, is to receive a complimentary benefit from his friends in Newcastle at the Lyceum, Newcomen-street, on Saturday night next. The entertainment will be of…

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Cricket. Newcastle v. IRONCLADS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1885 · page 4

The match for the Wood cup between the above clubs was commenced on the Newcastle cricket ground on Saturday last. The 'Clads won the toss and elected to bat…

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Minmi Athletic Club's Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1885 · page 4

A report of the above gathering is unavoidably held over…

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Boxing, Wrestling, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 3

The benefit to be tendered to Martin M'Caffery to-eight, at the Lyceum, Newcomen-street, promises to be a "big" affair. In addition to exhibitions in wrestling by Messrs. Connors, Hopkins,…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 5

The 2nd Class meet the Clericals to-day, and will be represented by Tillett, Harvey, Owen, Miller, Peters, Bewes, Colgan, Genge, Carmichael, Buckingham, Grill, and Perritt (12th man)…

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Cricket. Greta V. Rix's Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 3

The return match between the above two clubs was played on the Rix's Creek ground on Saturday last, and proved a most exciting and close game from start to finish, the Greta…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1885 · page 4

The intercolonial cricket team had a good practice on Saturday with a fifteen. Evans goes with the team, and probably Mather of Singleton…

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